Saturday 10th May 2025

Saul Warth     Early morning 109 Ringed Plovers, 32 Dunlins, 11 Sanderlings, a Turnstone flew N, 12 Curlews, 11 Bar-tailed Godwits, eight Oystercatchers and a Whimbrel. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Five Hobbies hawking over the far end of the reserve right of the Shepherds Hut. The GLOSSY IBIS and a BITTERN from Zeiss hide. A first-summer MEDITERRANEAN GULL and two Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake. Two Ringed Plovers from Hogarth hide. (Jeremy Holland/Tim McGrath/Ken Mihill/Tom Blay).

Slimbridge     Seven Cattle Egrets feeding in field with cattle S of the Tudor Arms, viewable from Shepherd’s Patch car park. (Tim McGrath).

Cleeve Hill     A Wheatear this evening near the pylons. (Justin Taylor).

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About The Gloster Birder

My name is Mike King and have lived all my life in Gloucestershire. I am happiest birding around Frampton but I especially love Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I have birded all over Europe, in the U.S.A. and Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Belize, Madeira, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and most recently Thailand.
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